some of you may be familiar with the people, names like david barton, peter marshall and peter manual and so forth. i tried to be as a his historian give them the benefit of the doubt where possible and lay out their views. of course, i talk about again throughout much of the 19th century it's clear that americans always understood themselves as being part of a christian nation. now, that doesn't necessarily mean that they believe the constitution in some ways established america as a christian nation, but they often saw themselves as part of a christian nation, and this was not even a contested issue. you know, people just assumed, you know, of course, we're part of a christian nation so the first point i want to make really is that again americans have always understood themselves, especially in the 19th century and early portions of the 20th century that the dominant position whether they were right or wrong or whether their position remitted the views of the -- represented the views of the founders or not, they clearly believed they were part of a christian nation, especially in t

speaker, with a prayer prayed by peter marshall, u.s. chaplain for the united states senate in the 1940's and on the senate floor, as the senators are down there, it makes a wonderful prayer. peter marshall prayed, we pray to thee, o christ, to keep us under the spell of immortality. may which nen again think an act as if thou were dead. let us come to know thee as a living lord that because i liven you shall live also. help us to remember that we are praying cot conquerer of death, that we may no longer be afraid nor be dismaid by the world's problems and threats since thou has overcome the world. in thy strong name we live for thy living presence and thy notorious power. amen. peter marshall, 1940's. u.s. senate floor. mr. speaker, may that be our prayer also. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman have a motion? mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is a

nat chaplain peter marshall. one prayer says, forgive us lord jesus for doing the things that make us uncomfortable and guilty when we pray. we say that we believe in god, yet we doubt god's promises. we say that in god we trust, which can be found right up above the speaker's head, yet we worry about try to manage our own afairs. we say that we love thee, oh lord, yet do not obey thee. we believe you have the answer to all our problems b yet we do not consult thee. forgive us our lack of faith and the willful pride that ignores the way, the truth, and the light. will thou reach down and change the gears within us that we may go forward with thee. amen. and that was peter marshall's prayer, one of his prayers, as chaplain of the senate in the 1940's. i'll conclude with this prayer by peter marshall, 1940's, he said, o lord, our god, even at this moment, as we come blundering into thy presence an prayer, we are haunted by memories of duties unperformed, promptings disobeyed, and beckonings ignored. opportunities t

peter marshall. he prayed in the senate in the 1940's, oh, christ, that we may feel in our hearts the sympathizing jesus. thou has worked -- walked this earthly veal, you know what it is to be tired, to feel the sharp stabs of pain of hunger or thirst, you know what it is like to be lonely, you remember the feel of tears running down thy cheeks. we thank thee that you were willing to come to earth and share with us the weakness of the flesh because we know that you understand all that we are ever called upon to bear. we know that you are still able to do more than we ask or expect so bless us each one, not according to our deserving but according to the riches and glory of christ jesus, our lord, amen. from the senate history. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair reminds members to refrain from improper references to the senate. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i move that the house adjourn. the speaker

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high-resolution image reform space that you see now and peter and others referred to as google earth and other things. that is where policy can be important in marshaling the resources of the government to helping the private sector capitalized on the on for burn orship and technology that is sitting out there. because the government cannot do it all in itself. we have to rely more and more on creativity and capturing the genius this country has in meeting these goals for the future. >> i would certainly echoed that. the fundamental problem has been trying to do the same thing for too long. because space programs are hard and expensive and we had such success early on, in ten years we went from nothing to landing on the moon and coming back. 12 years. we have by contrast operated the space shuttle since the mid 70s. first launch in 81. it is a remarkable achievement but it doesn't allow for dynamic growth or change or a learning curve where new folks come in and design systems and move on to design other systems. you come in now even on the national security side if you work one program for 20 years instead of being in your late 20s in mission control

imagery from space that you see now and what peter and others referred to as the google earth and other things. that's where policy can really be important in marshallingthe resources of the government to helping the private sector capitalize on the entrepreneurship and the technology that's sitting out there 'cause the government cannot do it all itself. so we have to rely more and more on creativity and capturing the genius that this country has in meeting some of these goals for the future. >> i'd certainly echo that. i think what the fundamental problem has been trying to do the same thing for too long. because space programs are hard, because they're expensive and we had success early on because we went from nothing and landing on the moon and coming back, 12 years, you know, by contrast operated the space shuttle and done the space shuttle since the mid-'70s, first launch in '81, 30 years, it's a remarkable achievement but it doesn't allow for dynamic growth or change or a learning curve where, you know, new folks come in. they design systems. they move on to design other systems. if you come in now, even on the national security side, you can wo